Prima Materia
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Curated by
Caroline Bourgeois
Michael Govan
The show grew out of a trailblazing dialogue between the curators, who hail from different backgrounds. It aimed to explore the points of convergence between various art forms regardless of their respective socio-cultural contexts and the generations that produced them. The show focused on the idea that an original matrix is common to all works. This "raw material" was based on the dialectical tension between works ranging in time from the 1960s to contemporary ones made for the show. The focus was on the four basic forms of visual expression - painting, sculpture, installation and performance - contrasting and bringing together works by Philippe Parreno, Adel Abdessemed, Roni Horn, David Hammons, Roman Opalka, Lee Ufan and Marlene Dumas, to name but a few.
The third show at the Punta della Dogana since it opened, "Prima Materia" took over all the spaces, putting the Pinault Collection’s works into a new perspective.
Artworks in the Prima Materia exhibition
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Phat Free
1995-2000
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1965-Infinity
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Well and Truly
2009-2010
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Fratelli
2012
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Décor
2011-2012
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Catasta
1967
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Esprit de finesse
1966
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Tre alberi
1968-1985
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Static 2
1966
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Untitled
2008
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Crystal Skull
2010
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Public Crop
2011
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Helen
2011
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Join the Club
2007-2011
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Just Ducky
2011
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Paper
1969-2012
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Untitled
1970-1986
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Phase of Nothingness - Water
1969-2012
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Mouschwitz
2006
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The Model
1993
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To Elvis with Love
1994
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Phase of Nothingness - Cloth and stone
1970-1994
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Deliverance
2007
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Portrait in A-Flat
1977
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Bottomless 3
1964-1965
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Untitled
1964-1965
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Courbet's canvas
1970
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Work
1970-1986
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Perpendicular Line 1
1969
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Byars is elephant
1997
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Pig
1963
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It is
2003
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Marquee Venise
2013
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Angels in Uniform
2012
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Mamma Roma
2012
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Peter O'Toole as Lawrence of Arabia
2010-2011
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2011
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Achrome
circa 1962
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Death by Association
2002
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